page for him. after we had him on the show, it's tripled. if you have a dollar or two, help him out. they are completely having to rebuild that store to reopen for the community and we support our small businesses. >> jesse: do you know where the car went afterwards? straight out of compton. >> greg: nicely done. >> judge jeanine: was that part of the group? >> sandra: yes. ran it through the door so they could run in. >> judge jeanine: car first. >> jesse: called a crash and grab. >> greg: the media blamed the car of course. jeep jean they can't prosecute. right? >> jessica: driverless car and then voted afterwards. >> judge jeanine: that's right. that's it for us. have great night. i want to thank everyone for being with us. we have four more seconds. anything you want to say, yes, >> jesse: y? >> jesse: i love you, america. ♪ >> good evening and welcome to washington i'm gillian turner in for bret baier. breaking tonight the u.s.

supreme court is keeping former president trump's name on the colorado ballot for now this after the state supreme court ruled him ineligible. now the u.s. supreme court will review that decision removing his eligibility in a politically charged constitutional fight that's got major implications for the 2024 presidential election. fox news chief legal correspondent and anchor of "fox news sunday" shannon bream joins me now. good evening, shannon. >> shannon: all right, so gillian. good to see you don't. the u.s. supreme court we consider this moving at lightning speed. arguments held on this case february 8th. based on what just happened the justices formally getting involved. colorado will include president trump's name on the primary ballot because the secretary of state had made clear that today is the deadline for her to certify the names for the ballot. and she would do so unless the supreme court upheld the colorado's supreme court ruling other declined to take the case. they are taking the case that means president trump's name stays on the ballot. why did the high court get

involved? well, likely because there are numerous other states considering these same issues under the 1st amendment with maine's secretary of state already indicating -- by the way citing the colorado decision that she thinks maine should keep him off the ballot there as well. in urging the court to take up the case this week, the trump legal team argued that allowing the colorado decision to stand would guess enfranchise millions of voters add going allowed to stand it would mark the first time in the history of the united states that the judiciary has prevented voters from casting ballots for the leading major party presidential candidate. now, the group opposing president trump's name being on the colorado ballot also argued to the supreme court saying this: that the state made the right decision, quote: based on the facts found by the trial court, trump's intentionally mobilizing, inciting and encouraging an armed mob to attack the united states capitol on january 6th satisfies the legal definition of, quote, engaging in insurrection. we would expect a decision from the supreme court within weeks.

maybe even days. once again, the supreme court hears those arguments february 8th, gillian. >> gillian: shannon, also understand the court made an important decision on abortion today? >> shannon: they did. they are getting involved in a couple of cases out of idaho. comes down to this: can hospitals there be forced by the biden administration to perform abortions in emergency situations, even if the state has a near total back on abortions with an exception to save the life of the mother. arguments on that case will be held in april. in the meantime, the idaho law will be totally in effect until then. >> gillian: busy night for the court on a friday. shannon, thank you so much. >> good to see you. >> gillian: president biden throwing down the gauntlet against former president trump campaign speech offering a dire warning about a second possible trump turn. sacrificing u.s. democracy in the interest of his own political power. striking a decisively different tone than his 2020 message centering on unity. the political address comes on the heels of the anniversary of

the january 6th capitol riot. whwhite house correspondent jaci heinrich has the latest on the north lawn. >> president biden is making the case that america's answer to january 6th, 2020 won't come until november 2024. the first election since his message is trump's past attempts to hold on to power have democracy hanging by a thread. >> donald trump's campaign is about him, not america, not you. >> the opening salvo to president biden's 2024 campaign was not about conjuring voter excitement over a second term agenda but calling up fear about what could happen if he doesn't win. >> he is willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power. >> biden detailed trump's effort to overturn his 2020 loss in the courts and then his failure to call off the violent mob of supporters who tried to stop congress from certifying the election. >> it was among the worst derelictions of duty by a president in american history.

>> biden appealed to voters of all parties to reject trump as a threat to democracy, assailing trump for lauding those reuters as patriots and likening him to hitler. >> echoing the same exact language used in nazi germany. he went on to say he would be a dictator on day one. >> the republican national committee says while families can't pay their bills, children are dying from fentanyl overdoses, terror suspects are crossing the open southern border, biden wants to further divide americans with polarizing rhetoric to distract from his catastrophic policies. biden's economic messaging got a boost today, continued resilience despite interest rate hikes with the u.s. 216,000 jobs in december. the treasury secretary declaring the u.s. has beat the odds of a recession. >> i think we can describe as a soft landing. >> but other challenges persist. even biden allies admit. >> there's a crisis at the border.

and i don't know how about could pretend that there isn't. >> president biden set to give a speech in monday in charlottesville about white supremacy. and his new campaign ads are focusing on january 6th. a departure from the millions they have been spending trying to sell bidenomics. gillian? >> gillian: jacqui heinrich on the north lawn of the white house tonight. thank you. >> while president biden particular kicks off his re-election campaign in pennsylvania, republicans are focusing their attention on iowa under the first in the nation caucus. president trump holding a rally there now and second later on tonight. correspondent mark meredith joins me now. hi, mark. >> jill began, good to see you. the homing four rallies in the state next 24 hours. while polls show him leading, trump is taking aggressive steps to stop anyone from catching up. god bless the u.s.a. >> with 10 days to go until the iowa caucus.

former president trump is barn storming the state determined to hold on to his frontrunner status and take on president biden in november. >> our country is going to hell. using that horrible word, don't you? i use that word because our country is really in trouble. >> trump, who lost iowa 8 years ago is also launching a set of new attack ads. the first touting his economic record against his successor. >> mortgage rates low under trump. punishing under biden. >> the second ad, a direct attack against the woman increasingly becoming his top republican rival. former u.n. ambassador nikki haley. >> haley joined biden in opposing trump's visitor ban from terrorist nations. >> today haley fired back, telling fobletion the country cannot handle another four years of trump. >> is isn't that sweet of him spending so much time and money against me. >> welcoming maga supporters who may be fed up with trump. don bolduc among those backing hail lincht look, i'm maga all the way.

i have always been america first. this time i'm for nikki haley for president florida governor ron desantis stepping up his attacks against haley and trump. telling voters thursday trump is parachuting into the state 11th hour. >> has he gone to all 99 counties? heck, has he gone to 9 counties? that's not the way to do. trump says game is strong in iowa. rallies like the one tonight proves trump has iowa locked up. and while the republican candidates are determined to focus on their own agenda and other issues. they are also talking about trump's multiple looming criminal trials if elected both desantis and haley say they would pledge to pardon trump that is if he is convicted. they have to talk a lot about trump on the trail. >> mark meredith a breakdown on all the politics, thank you. >> you bet. >> new york's attorney general letitia james says former president trump and his company should pay $270 million in penalties. also, should be banned from new york's real estate industry for allegedly committing decades

long financial fraud. james had originally requested 250 million in her civil lawsuit, but now says that new evidence should up the total. trump responded on truth social saying did he nothing wrong and he called the move prosecutorial misconduct. and please tune in next week, bret baier and martha mccallum will moderate three separate town halls with three presidential candidates this from des moines leading up to the iowa caucus. monday 6:00 p.m. eastern with maley. governor ron desantis tuesday also at 6:00 p.m. and former president donald trump wednesday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. all three specials will feature questions direct from iowa voters to the candidates. and this long time head of the national rifle association says he is resigning. this just days before the start of a corruption trial. is he alleged to have spent millions of dollars on travel and security and other perks at the nra's expense. now new york attorney general letitia james in her lawsuit against him, the nra and others

who have served organization executives that's scheduled to start monday. stocks were up today after a better than expected jobs report. the dow added 26. the s&p 500 gained 9. nasdaq was up 14. for the week, the dow dropped six tenths of a percentage points. the s&p 500 fell 1.5%. nasdaq was off three and a quarter. ♪ break tonight, iran proxy groups are putting u.s. resolve to the test now. after the october 7th terrorist attacks in israel. president biden directed his national security team to contain the war in gaza. hoping to avoid a broader regional conflict. but now iran-backed rebel forces are seemingly not deterred, continuing to fire rockets and missiles and drones daily at u.s. forces and international ships. we got fox team coverage. correspondent alex hogan is in tel aviv tonight with the latest on the ground there we begin first with chief national security correspondent jennifer

griffin. she is at the pentagon tonight. hi, jennifer. >> good evening, gillian. as iranian proxies continue to bait the u.s. military, the biden administration seems to be pursuing the same strategy in the middle east that it has in ukraine. what some say is an overly cautious approach for fear of escalation and a wider war. >> u.s. has positioned 11,350 military personnel to the middle east since october 7th. to deter a wider middle east conflict. on thursday after 121 attacks on u.s. bases in iraq and syria, the u.s. sent a drone to kill the iranian backed militia leader it says planned those attacks in response, iraq's prime minister vowed to ask u.s. troops to leave his country during a speech to mark the fourth anniversary of the u.s. assassination of iranian general kassem soleimani in baghdad? we affirm our firm and principle

position in ending the existence of the international coalition. after the justification for existence have ended? the u.s. has 2500 troops in iraq. they were sent there in 2014 to protect the iraqi government as isis was closing in on baghdad. >> isis still maintains a presence in the region. that's exactly why u.s. forces are in iraq and syria. >> isis claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombing in iran that killed nearly 100 mourners heading to the grave this week. the latest signals intelligence suggests an isis off chute in afghanistan carried out the attack. they blamed the u.s. >> our enemies can see iran's power. our force also decide on the place and time to take action. >> meanwhile in the red sea, iranian backed houthi forces were given a final warning to stop attacks on international shipping in response the houthis launched an unman sea drone full

of explosives thursday. >> the houthis warned today any countries joining the u.s. led maritime cmayor coalition in tha will be targeted. >> gillian: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. ♪ ♪ >> gillian: israel's air operation in the gaza strip show nothing signs of letting up. the idf today released footage of airstrikes on more hamas targets. the attacks come on the first day of a trip to the region by u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken. he is expected to repeat his calls over the coming days for more humanitarian aid in gaza. correspondent alex hogan has that story from tel aviv. >> smoke rising over gaza, the idf says it hit 100 targets in the last day alone enforcement and now the country's defense minister is breaking down his vision of what would follow the fight. gallant says after the war palestinian leaders should control gaza but not hamas. and that israel should maintain

military freedom on the strip. also, israel should expect goods entering gaza. as far as the widespread destruction gallant claims a multi-national task force led by the u.s. and european partners should take responsibility for the rehabilitation of the strip. no response from washington on that. >> i just think it's too early for me to talk about that publicly. >> as u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken kicks off his tour in the region, state department officials say this trip will focus on protecting civilians, lowering tensions in the west bank and preventing the escalation of this war, especially after developments over the past week. on tuesday, an explosion in beirut killed a top hamas official. the iran-backed group hezbollah in lebanon pinning it on israeli drone strike. after nearly two months without an address. today chief hassan nazareth real la spoke out for second time this week demanding action. >> when the targeting takes place in southern beirut, we

cannot accept it. this is a large and dangerous breach. >> blinken's trip will also center on how to immediately increase the humanitarian aid going into the strip and how to bring the hostages home, especially the americans who are still in gaza gillian? >> gillian: alex hogan in tel aviv tonight, thank you. coming up next, exclusive fox news video of mexican cartel operatives ferrying migrants across the southern border into the u.s. and then later tonight, former olympian and convicted killer oscar pistorius is now a free man. what comes next for the blade runner. ♪ ♪ it's electric... hmmm. ...it's gas. hmmm. quite the paradox. it really is both. hmmm. the first-ever lexus rx plug-in hybrid. ♪ ( ♪ ♪ )

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♪ >> gillian: welcome back, breaking tonight, we just learned that defense secretary general lloyd austin has been hospitalized since monday. he was admitted to walter reed medical center for complications following a recent elective medical procedure. on monday says is he now recovering well and is expected to resume his full duties starting tonight. plus this, the fda now authorizing florida to directly import prescription drugs from canada making the first state to get approval plan aimed at getting much cheaper medicines to americans. the fda says it is also

committed to working with other states seeking to gain similar approval. drug costs here in the u.s. are higher than in any other nation in the world by two to three times. ♪ ♪ >> tonight, we have a pair of stunning videos that illuminate the severity and the dangers of the crisis unfolding along the southern border with mexico. senior correspondent casey stegall shows us tonight from eagle pass. >> exclusive fox video shows a stream of migrants crossing through the border wall in lukeville, arizona late thursday. thanks to a hole cut in the steel barrier by cartels. at one point a smuggler is seen recording it on a cell phone, proof of his illegal delivery into the u.s. without a federal agent in sight. >> it's crushing. really can't patrol at all. they are just processing. >> they are about to turn over. >> while over in web county, texas this week. dps troopers were forced to ram

this car to end a chase where police say two juveniles had five illegal migrants in tow. all were taken into custody. [sirens] >> a busy start to 2024 after local sheriff's deputies say 2023. >> i got six full time deputies. those guys were involved in over 260 high speed pursuits that year. >> on friday don davis from north carolina beings made stops in eagle pass accompanied by his republican colleague tony gonzales from texas. the two met with elected officials and federal agents to see what would help alleviate and end the ongoing crisis. >> there is going to need to be some policy changes but i'm also understanding, too, that we can't just throw money at this. >> davis says in order to successfully fix the open border, politics have to be removed from the equation. >> this is not a democratic or republican issue this is an

american people issue. >> that breach at the arizona border wall has been shored up tonight. for now border patrol agents holding the line, meantime homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas will be here to make a trip to eagle pass on monday. gillian? >> gillian: casey stegall in eagle pass for us tonight, thank you. coming up next, new reaction to the release of convicted killer and former olympian oscar pistorius. plus, this: we seek common ground on helping veterans in crisis. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 31 out of denver, a former colorado cop there will spend 1 month in jail for killing a young black man who was stopped by police while walking home in 2019. jurors convicted the denver area officer of criminally negligent homicide and third degree assault in the death of elijah mcclain. fox 24 in wichita. residents from southern kansas and surrounding states are bracing for inclement weather.

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former nearly nine years, killing his girlfriend reva steencamp. greg palkot has that story tonight now 37-year-old south african double amputee oscar pistorius got that from the legs used to running fame. a role model for disabled and others until he pledged into infan my 11 years ago on valentine's day after killing 29-year-old veeb ba steenkamp firing pistol through a door while she was crouching in a bathroom. >> there is no reason or explanation. >> in the trial he thought there was an intruder in his home. the prosecution said the shots were fired in anger following an argument. >> in the end, pistorius was convicted of murder, sentenced to nearly 13.5 years in jail after serving more than half that time, is he now out on

parole. reva steenkamp's mother june said in a statement today there can never be justice if your loved one is never coming back and no amount of time served will bring reva back. the killing raised initials south africa about women's safety. today's release raised them again. >> predator. definitely not the place to be as a victim or survivor. >> on the street people sounded more favorable. >> i believe in second chances and it's okay that he got out. >> i hope to see one day back on the road running again it's reported pistorius is in his uncle's house where is he expected to serve out nearly six year long parole. >> among the requirements of that parole, pistorius must perform community service, stay away from the media and attend anger management classes. gillian? >> greg palkot in london tonight for us, thank you. ♪ well in tonight's "common

ground" segment, we got a pair of congressman, one democrat, one republican who are working together now to help veterans here in america in crisis. here's my colleague, bret baier. >> bret: thanks, gillian. it is time for our "common ground" segment, joining us tonight are illinois republican congressman mike bost. and california democratic congressman mark that con know. congressman, thanks for being here you both are concerned and active on veterans issues being on the veterans affairs committee. i want to put up this chart of suicides from veterans from 2001 to 2021. and you can see the increase there, just in 2021, 6,392 veteran suicide deaths up 114 from the year before. congressman bost, you're working on legislation. you have worked together in a bipartisan way. >> yeah. >> bret: to try to help on this. talk about that. >> no matter what, one veteran

suicide is too many. you know, we have been working to make sure that one our veterans we implemented the new veterans 388 number to make sure veterans can have access to the hotline whenever needed. we expanding and look into each program and the successfulness of each program and also making sure that we're providing and working with our community providers that can provide mental health care early on to meet those needs of our veterans no matter where they are, whether they are close to v.a. or not close to a v.a. we cannot afford to keep that number where it's at. we have got to do everything in our power to bring it down. >> bret: congressman that can know, you all have this compact act under the veterans comprehensive access care. compact act. veterans with acute suicidal crisis can go immediately to any v.a. or non-v.a. healthcare facility for emergency

healthcare at no cost to them. and that seems like a big deal. >> it is a big deal. i am pleased to say that i authored the bill and got it signed into law by president trump in 2020 arched i give the biden administration a lot of credit for also implementing the law and making sure that the 988 number is funded and as chairman bost said, if you are a veteran having an emergency or emeasure jent mental health episode, you are going through suicidal throughout call 9 # 8. you can be connected to mental health care whether it's inpatient or outpatient and you won't have to worry about a bill. if you have served our country and you are a veteran weather enrolled in v.a. or not. don't worry about the bill. just call that number to get help. >> bret: i was saying you all worked on it together. common ground element of the veterans affairs that is now law

and active as you point out. i want to put this up about recruits. that is a lot of concern. department of defense fiscal year 2023. military services collectively missed recruiting goals by about 41,000 that's the 15% down how big a concern is that for readiness, mr. chairman? >> that's a concern. they are encouraged by parents to go into the military. unfortunately some of those parents are not encouraging. i don't know whether it's because of the things with the covid vaccine, the problem that was there and then we brought that back and changed it. i don't know whether it is and not to go political with you the woke positions in the military that these different parents are telling their family not to be involved we need to have our recruits there and serving this country. i'm a marine veteran.

i'm my grandfather, my uncle, my son and my grandson my grandson is now serving. my son is now serving. we got to work to encourage people. our nation can only be secure if we have those people who are willing to, in a volunteer force, step forward to protect and secure this nation. >> bret: and congressman takano, just to leave it here for people who say look up to capitol hill and say nothing getting done and it's a partisan mess and congress doesn't work, you know, what do you say to them? well, i would say look to the veterans affairs committee as a ray of hope. i have worked well with chairman bost. i believe that these recruitment numbers are going to improve. i believe this generation of americans is every bit as patriotic as previous generations. we need to make sure that they know about the tremendous v.a.

benefits that they can own a home at a younger age than many of their peers. they can finance education through the gi bill and, you know i would say that the biden economy has been improving so much that we have -- we have to compete. the military has to compete with all the higher salaries and low unemployment out there. >> bret: congressman, we appreciate you coming on common ground and we encourage others on both sides of the aisle to do the same. thanks a lot. >> bret: can you see all of the common ground segments on my podcast "common ground." find that in the all-star panel podcasts under the bret baier podcast. fox news podcasts.com, spotify, or wherever you download podcasts and also see the whole extended discussion on the fox news youtube page. gillian, send it back to you. >> gillian: great segment as always, bret. 2024 election landscape.

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the future. we must be clear, democracy is on the ballot. your freedom is on the ballot. i don't buy this threats to democracy case that the democrats are making. there is no chance in the world that if they actually believe that that it would -- that they would be sitting with joe biden. >> time to bring in the panel spencer brown managing editor of town hall. fox news political analyst juan williams and olivia beavers, congressional reporter for politico. thanks, all, for being here. great to see you. olivia, with this biden speech today coupled with the release of the first re-election campaign ad sort of illustrated for us is that he is not right now anyway going to run on the core issues for the base abortion, the economy, he is instead kind of circling back from his theme 2020 the battle for the soul of democracy and battle for the soul of the nation. >> long gone are the days where he wasn't naming donald trump in speeches. he is really going after him

now. he has to be careful about also emphasizing what his administration has done and is going to do. otherwise, it risks going too negative too early and is he clearly trying to push into the democracy angle where polls have indicated is he doing better than donald trump that's not so much other top tier issues like the economy and the inflation in democracy, that's why you see him hitting january 6th. that's why you see him hitting charlottesville and he is trying to paint trump as a threat and donald trump is, of course, responding that biden is a threat. >> gillian: so, juan, to that point, critics say that biden should not look backwards, he should not focus on the past. the reality is he is in this unique position where is he running against an opponent, trump, who already served as president. he has got a history. he has got a very long record for folks to consider. >> juan: louisville, this is interesting moment.

we are seeing today. donald trump is in iowa what have you is a moment where the republicans still have a contest going on. the democrats tonight. so this is an opportunity for president biden to get his message out. the key to his message is to remind voters why they threw out donald trump. he was the president as you point out, gillian. they threw him out. he is going to say remember all the chaos. remember what happened january 6th. tomorrow is january 6th. it's an anniversary of that day. is he going to absolutely exploit that for political advantage. >> gillian: president biden was slated to give the speech tomorrow but they had to move it forward a day because of weather spencer. university of maryland poll out. divided along party lines whether the president is to blame for january 6th. whether he deserves responsibility. they're really split clearly along party lines.

86% of democrats think it's his responsibility, his fault. only 14% of republicans. >> it's interesting to see biden launch his campaign the way he campaigned in the midterms. he made that case in front of independence hall in pennsylvania. same thing at union station right before the election. the whole idea he is trying to sell here because he doesn't have those domestic issues that olivia was mentioning to campaign on. he has got to campaign essentially on this fear of donald trump getting into the white house again and having that power and so i think you see in the very partisan polling on that as far as who is responsible for january 6th, you see joe biden leaning into that he needs to solidify his base is he losing among so many key people groups that he won in 2020 with. >> gillian: juan, good news on the economy today for the president. 216,000 jobs added something not a lot of folks were predicting or really expecting. do you think they should now circle back and pick up the bidenomics thread again. >> it's not a matter of picking up. it's a matter of consistency. when you look at polls, you tend

not to want to look at any one moment. you want to look at trend lines. >> the trend lines obviously are that we had good holiday spending so people were out spending. people were taking trips, going to restaurants, buying gifts. and the second thing and this underlines it. consumer sentiment going up. we saw it in the stock market. 2024 no recession that could be a bold headline all of us sitting here started last year we were saying boy this economy is kind of wobbly and we don't know if we will go into recession. the recession didn't take place. the economy looked steady. now the question is can consumers change what has been a grumpy, anxious attitude toward that economy and will they change in time for the biden camp going towards november? >> maybe one chip in the president's column something a liability olivia is the crisis along the southern border. another record breaking month seems like we say that every month. this one we saw more than

300,000 illegal migrant crossings for the first time in history. compare that to about the size of the city of pittsburgh. is there anything to be done between now and the year from now? >> i mean, the biden administration knows this is a political liability. and they -- that's why i think they are actively involved in the senate negotiations. they are hoping to have some border policy that can be tacked on to foreign aid to israel, ukraine. taiwan. they keep saying that they are making progress. that's where we have heard a lot. we might see something next week. but, until we see a deal and until we have an idea of speaker mike johnson is okay with it. it's got a tough path. >> gillian: border security is shaping up to be a pretty major election issue, at least among republicans, spencer. take a look at this polling out from the "wall street journal." 54% of voters think trump is better able -- excuse me, is best able to handle this drivers compared to just 24% president

biden. >> that's pretty brutal numbers for biden on that one. i think it's easy to understand why the american people feel that way. >> if you look at what the border was during years trump was in office and look at it since biden took office, it's easy to compare and say we didn't have all of this going on when trump was in office. biden probably isn't the one to handle it. it doesn't help that every turn whether it's secretary mayorkas or other people they are making excuses, refusing to call it a crisis. trying to pretend this is normal. you see the white house all the time saying there is nothing extraordinary about there this isn't unusual when in fact december we just saw again the largest number of illegal immigrant encounters at the border. so clearly joe biden is not convincing the american people he can handle it. >> secretary mayorkas on with biden and refusing to call it a crisis. all right. it's time for candidate casino. ♪ all right. the stakes are very high. i need each of you to tell me who is going to be the republican candidate for 2024 followed by your pick for who is going to be the democratic

candidate. juan, you get to go first. >> juan: we have $100 on the candidate casino table. i put $100 on joe biden. i think that's a sure bet. republican side $80 on donald trump. $15 on nikki haley and i'm not ready to write off desantis. $5 on desantis. >> gillian: $5, $5 ain't nothing. loyola? >> did i something similar. 85 on crump. 5 on 12 on nikki haley and. >> i'm still not willing to count out desantis or haley gave them each $5. we will see what happens in iowa and new hampshire. >> we will. and iowa is just exactly 10 days away from today. a lot of the eyeballs going to be on what going on down there. we got three separate town halls with the candidates. coming up leading into the first iowa caucuses. coming up next a look at 15 years of bret baier right here at this anchor desk in a special version of "notable quotables."

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or visit leaffilter.com today. ♪ fill gill welcome back. finally tonight, we're doing something a little different because it's 15 years ago today that bret baier hosted his first ever "special report" as the show's permanent anchor. we are going to take a look back now at some of bret's most memorable moments in a very special edition.

an anniversary edition of "notable quotables." >> bret: finally tonight, you may have noticed after 2,851 shows at "special report" with brit hume, this show has a new name. i'm honored, extremely honored to have been given this opportunity to follow my mentor's career path. >> bret: this. >> bret: this. >> bret: this is "special report." >> bret: a lot of people just ask me why are you doing. this more than 08 bodies pulled out of left pentagon. the mountains headed toward the border. >> this is the dmz. >> large cheese, please. >> letting one of the big three automakers go to bankruptcy be a big mark on your legacy? >> i'm looking at all options. >> bret: this week? >> no date though? >> trying to make news. i'm not going to let you make news. >> so -- so the notion. >> you guarantee they are not

going -- they are going to be able to keep their doctor. >> bret, you have got to let me finish. >> at times you thought it would be a model for the nation. >> you're wrong, bret. >> this is unusual. >> this is an unusual interview. all right? let's do it again. >> delegates are very fired up to officially kick off this convention. here's the stage and the seating here on the floor very important. >> you will see all the romneys sitting in these chairs watching the speech, maybe not all the romneys. you couldn't fit all the romneys. >> here he is pumping mustard into a bottle. why is bret baier hoarding mustard? [laughter] >> bret: i have heard others say that neither you nor your lawyers have been apprized that you are a target of the investigation. is that true? >> absolutely true. >> your current or former staff? >> absolutely not. >> your staff deleted nearly 32,000 emails. >> let me clarify this. >> you don't remember? >> dude, this is like two years ago. we are still talking about the most mundane process. >> serve talking about. >> bret: you were asked

yesterday if you have ever spoken to vladimir putin. >> i have no comment on that. no comment. i was in russia. >> one of the things people like about you is to answer any question. >> let's assume i did. perhaps it was personal. >> bret: okay. is owoe can say you have talked to him. have you mocked mr. trump's tan. you made fun of his spelling. you called him a con artist so what happened? >> there were places where the wall would not be realistic. he has evolved in the way he has looked at things. >> bret: mexico is not going to pay? >> we could get the revenue from mexico but not directly from their government. >> i knew it was funded first by republicans. >> that's not true. >> i'm sorry? >> bret: that's not true that the dossier that christopher steele was funded by the republicans? >> we don't tell social media companies to censor anything. >> suggest something different. is there criminal implications in what you were investigating when it comes to hunter biden? >> oh, absolutely. i really wish that people. >> bret: do you think it's enful helpful. >> instead of reading one

sentence instead of the entire paragraph we don't know if it's russian. >> why not hand it over then. >> because i have boxes. i wanted to go through the boxes and get my personal things out. >> do you ever get sick of hearing ron desanctimonious? >> not really at the end of the day it is what it is. >> bret: you spoke today about how most of the country is kind of in the middle one way or the other. >> damn right i believe that. >> if you were to characterize it, are you close? >> every day we get closer. for us the palestinian issue is very important. we need to solve that part. >> bret: how do you solve that part? >> i think the palestinians should be part of the process but i don't think the palestinians should have a veto over the process. >> bret: what are you willing to agree to to get a peace deal? >> what matters most is to save as many lives of our people as people. >> bret: top virology just pointed gain of function research and lab leak. >> it does not sound like you are open-minded to it? >> bret, i know you are a good person. i have known you a long time.

♪ ♪ >> bret: fair. >> bret: fair. >> bret: fair. >> bret: balanced and unafraid. >> have you ever seen the movie caddie shack? >> what? >> bret: that's what it takes to get here. ♪ ♪ >> gillian: happy anniversary to bret and the entire team here at "special report." best team in the business. coming up monday, bret and martha mccallum will be live from des moines, iowa for a town hall with republican presidential candidate nikki haley. please join shannon bream this weekend for "fox news sunday" with texas governor greg abbott, denver mayor mike johnson and oklahoma senator james lankford. thanks for joining us on "special report." ♪ ♪ >> will: i'm will cain in for laura ingraham. this is a special editio